Brax Girl Special Ed 36: Sanam Pourbabaei

She Played the Violin.

They Answered With a Bullet.

Sanam Pourbabaei was 26. A violin teacher. A daughter. A friend.

She was shot in the head during a peaceful protest

on January 8, 2026, in Lahijan, Iran.

She was unarmed.

She was running away.

She was simply present.

Her family was denied access to her body for days.

Only after repeated visits, and a reported payment,

was she buried, under heavy surveillance.

No funeral.

No music.

Only silence.

Source: Iran International English

Why We Remember

Sanam was not a threat.

She was an artist.

Across Iran, stories like hers are unfolding quietly.

Voices stifled. Families silenced.

Young lives ended before they had the chance to unfold.

But courage does not die with the body.

It echoes.

To remember is to resist.

To speak their names is to ensure they are not erased.

We speak Sanam’s name.

And through that, we honor all the voices that were never meant to go quiet.